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Lafayette, Louisiana

Last updated: 7:57 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
26°C
Feels like 28°
Mostly Clear
▲ 31°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
6 mph S
Humidity
71%
Dew Point
21°
Pressure
29.97 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
12%
Sunrise
7:09 AM
Sunset
6:36 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Lafayette is currently mostly clear at 26°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Sunrise: 7:09AM · Sunset: 6:36PM.

48 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
26°
3%
8 PM
26°
3%
9 PM
24°
3%
10 PM
23°
3%
11 PM
23°
3%
12 AM
23°
3%
1 AM
23°
3%
2 AM
22°
3%
3 AM
22°
3%
4 AM
22°
3%
5 AM
19°
3%
6 AM
19°
3%
7 AM
20°
3%
8 AM
22°
3%
9 AM
26°
3%
10 AM
27°
3%
11 AM
28°
6%
12 PM
28°
6%
1 PM
31°
6%
2 PM
31°
3%
3 PM
30°
3%
4 PM
29°
3%
5 PM
26°
3%
6 PM
24°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
31° 19°
Mostly Clear.
Fri
32° 14°
Mostly Cloudy.
Sat
24° 9°
Mostly Clear.
Sun
27° 6°
Clear.
Mon
29° 11°
Mostly Cloudy.
Tue
31° 10°
Clear.
Wed
32° 11°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 26° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph S 71%
8 PM 26° Clear 3% 5 mph S 75%
9 PM 24° Clear 3% 5 mph SSE 78%
10 PM 23° Clear 3% 4 mph SSE 80%
11 PM 23° Clear 3% 2 mph SSE 81%
12 AM 23° Clear 3% 2 mph SE 82%
1 AM 23° Clear 3% 2 mph ESE 83%
2 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 3% 2 mph ENE 84%
3 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 3% 2 mph NE 84%
4 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 3% 2 mph NNE 85%
5 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 3% 2 mph NNE 86%
6 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 3% 3 mph N 88%
7 AM 20° Partly Cloudy 3% 3 mph N 82%
8 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 3% 4 mph NNW 73%
9 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 3% 5 mph NNW 65%
10 AM 27° Mostly Cloudy 3% 7 mph NNW 61%
11 AM 28° Mostly Cloudy 6% 8 mph NNW 58%
12 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 6% 10 mph NNW 54%
1 PM 31° Mostly Cloudy 6% 12 mph NNW 55%
2 PM 31° Mostly Cloudy 3% 14 mph N 56%
3 PM 30° Partly Cloudy 3% 16 mph N 57%
4 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 3% 16 mph N 56%
5 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 3% 16 mph N 54%
6 PM 24° Mostly Cloudy 3% 16 mph N 53%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/15
Mostly Clear
3%
19°
31°
Fri
10/16
Mostly Cloudy
6%
14°
32°
Sat
10/17
Mostly Clear
3%
9°
24°
Sun
10/18
Clear
3%
6°
27°
Mon
10/19
Mostly Cloudy
3%
11°
29°
Tue
10/20
Clear
8%
10°
31°
Wed
10/21
Clear
3%
11°
32°
Thu
10/22
Clear
3%
12°
32°
Fri
10/23
Clear
18%
12°
32°
Sat
10/24
Drizzle
51%
12°
32°
Sun
10/25
Drizzle
51%
15°
31°
Mon
10/26
Clear
25%
16°
31°
Tue
10/27
Drizzle
60%
15°
30°
Wed
10/28
Drizzle
60%
15°
29°
Thu
10/29
Drizzle
60%
15°
29°
48
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: O3
50 100 150 200

Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
48 AQI 8.7 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
48 AQI 53 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 48 Good 48 48
Sat 42 Good 38 42
Sun 51 Moderate 33 51
About the Air Quality Index
0–50 Good
51–100 Moderate
101–150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
151–200 Unhealthy
201–300 Very Unhealthy
301–500 Hazardous

The U.S. AQI runs 0–500. The overall value equals the highest individual pollutant sub-index, and the dominant pollutant is the one driving it. PM2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O3) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

1000850700500400300250200150100 -40-30-20-10010203040 0.41247101624 LCLLFCEL0°C Temperature (°C) Pressure (hPa)
Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio
RAP
Valid Thu Oct 15, 23:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE145 J/kg
MLCAPE96 J/kg
MUCAPE165 J/kg
SBCIN-159 J/kg
MLCIN-133 J/kg
Lifted Index-1.4
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear11 kt
0–1 km Shear5 kt
Eff. Shear9 kt
0–1 km SRH-7
0–3 km SRH2
Eff. SRH2
Storm Motion235° @ 16 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index8.1
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.21 in
0–3 km LR5.2 °C/km
700–500 LR6.0 °C/km
Total Totals39.5
LCL943 hPa
LFC560 hPa
EL388 hPa
Freezing Lvl16,115 ft